Emily Tsai – Past Concerts

Emily Tsai is a professional oboist, oboe instructor, and music arranger.

She is the Assistant Principal Oboe in the Washington National Opera and the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, and can be seen performing regularly at the Kennedy Center in Washignton, DC on opera, ballet, and musical theater productions.

Emily has a passion for education and is the Assistant Oboe Professor at the University of Maryland School of Music. She has also and has taught artist residencies and masterclasses at many colleges and universities, including the Eastman School of Music, Northwestern University, University of Maryland, Orchestra of the Americas, and New World Symphony.

Along with her local DMV positions in at the Kennedy Center and the University of Maryland, Emily is an MKI artist as the oboist of WindSync, gold medalist at the International Fischoff Competition and medalist at the M-prize Chamber Arts Competition. She is also the co-founder, oboist, and violinist of C Street Collective.

Her greatest passions are to use music as a means to bring communities together, teach and encourage young people to engage with classical music, and expand the repertoire for the double reeds in particular.